Previous Years' Course Catalogues

Approximately 300 million Eastern Christians world-wide have a rich - as well as challenging - history of engagements with believers of other faith traditions. The same Western countries that have experienced a significant rise in Eastern Christian populations during the last several decades have also been home to millions of non-Christians for centuries, or, in the case of indigenous faiths, for millennia. The need to explore and analyze particularities of the interaction between these traditions in pluralistic and multicultural Western environments is imperative.

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once boned with God and with our fellow travellers. Reading in Loyola Zizioulas, J Macmurray, early Christian and contemporary theologians and mystics. NT accounts of prayer and action in Jesus of Nazareth. 

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once boned with God and with our fellow travellers. Reading in Loyola Zizioulas, J Macmurray, early Christian and contemporary theologians and mystics. NT accounts of prayer and action in Jesus of Nazareth. 10-12 page essay.

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once boned with God and with our fellow travellers. Reading in Loyola Zizioulas, J Macmurray, early Christian and contemporary theologians and mystics. NT accounts of prayer and action in Jesus of Nazareth.

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once engaged with God and with our fellow travellers. Readings in St. Ignatius, Thomas Merton, John Macmurray, Gustavo Gutierrez and others. Explorations of traditional and contemporary forms of uniting prayer and action.

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once boned with God and with our fellow travellers. Reading in Loyola Zizioulas, J Macmurray, early Christian and contemporary theologians and mystics. NT accounts of prayer and action in Jesus of Nazareth.

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once boned with God and with our fellow travellers. Reading in Loyola Zizioulas, J Macmurray, early Christian and contemporary theologians and mystics. NT accounts of prayer and action in Jesus of Nazareth.

Ignatius of Loyola wanted Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action". This describes the desire of many Christians today and the imperatives thrust upon us to be at once boned with God and with our fellow travellers. Reading in Loyola Zizioulas, J Macmurray, early Christian and contemporary theologians and mystics. NT accounts of prayer and action in Jesus of Nazareth. 20-25 page essay.

Theology in the 21st Century has long realized the need to overcome the false dichotomy between theology and spirituality. The Christian theologian of our times is called to be a mystic Karl Rahner asserted. Where better to study the craft of the spiritual theologian than in the dialogue with four of the most significant figures from Carmel. The course explores some of the key theological themes running through the lives and work of Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux and Edith Stein. We also consider the singular contributions each made to the spiritual and theological tradition we have inherited and the challenges their lives and work pose for us today. Course is cross-listed as theological and pastoral.

The course provides an introduction to a variety of readings under the rubric of canonical interpretation. Each session will address a different section of the canon, so as to display how a canonical reading is affected by the texts and book in question.

The course provides an introduction to a variety of readings under the rubric of canonical interpretation. Each session will address a different section of the canon, so as to display how a canonical reading is affected by the texts and book in question.

Explores the transformative dynamics of grace in Scripture, representative early theologians, early doctrinal development, medieval theology and the Reformation period. Participants develop a contemporary systematic approach, especially with respect to ecumenical and interfaith issues. Draws on the thought of Bernard Lonergan.